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he basically one what john mccain won, plus indiana, which nobody considers a swing state, plus north carolina. you go one out of 11, then you have the senate tossup. republicans lost nine out of 10. i think senator cornyn and all the folks -- one of the more talented campaign committees i have ever seen. two cycles in a row, they have had the worst loss. when your party nominate people that are so exotic that they have little or no chance of winning general elections, that ought to be very winnable, that is not something campaign committee can do anything about. you have party bosses from washington dictating who are candidates are going to be, or do you allow yourself the diversity of a bunch of wackos? >> a whole bunch of these republican governors were elected in 2010, which was against barack obama, the stimulus, the takeovers. no matter how partisan the state, they will send the opposite party to the state mansion, but they will not send them to d.c. even bob ehrlich one in maryland, and democrats get elected governor -- sullivan in wyoming, sibelius in kansas. republicans don't
he basically one what john mccain won, plus indiana, which nobody considers a swing state, plus north carolina. you go one out of 11, then you have the senate tossup. republicans lost nine out of 10. i think senator cornyn and all the folks -- one of the more talented campaign committees i have ever seen. two cycles in a row, they have had the worst loss. when your party nominate people that are so exotic that they have little or no chance of winning general elections, that ought to be very...
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we've had president bush and john mccain and others who have supported comprehensive immigration reform in the past. we need to seize the moment. my expectation is that we get a bill introduced and we begin the possess in congress very soon after my inauguration. some conversations i think are already beginning to take place among senators and congressmen and my staff about what would this look like? and when i say comprehensive immigration reform is very similar to the outlined of previous efforts of immigration reform. i think it should include a continuation of the strong border security measures we've take . we have to secure our borders. i think it should contain serious penalties for companies that are purposely hiring undocumented workers and taking advantage of them. and i do think that there should be a pathway for legal status for those who are living in this country, are not engaged in criminal activity, are here simply to work, it's important for them to pay back taxes, it's important for them to learn english, it's porn for them to potentially pay a fine but to give them th
we've had president bush and john mccain and others who have supported comprehensive immigration reform in the past. we need to seize the moment. my expectation is that we get a bill introduced and we begin the possess in congress very soon after my inauguration. some conversations i think are already beginning to take place among senators and congressmen and my staff about what would this look like? and when i say comprehensive immigration reform is very similar to the outlined of previous...
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you get a sense of how relentlessly message to john mccain is. he used the term spread the wealth of around three times. another thing that strikes me is how obama is making eye contact with became the entire time he is talking. he looks right at them. there was a lot of discussion from the earlier debates in 2008 that mccain was having a hard time making like act -- making eye contact. it came off as rude. another thing that jumps out on me is the contrast of the youthful obama and a much more senior mccain. obama actually was more the adult in my opinion in that relationship in that he was very calm and cool under fire. mccain, although that last debate was his best, he had moments where he was a little erratic and some of those earlier debates. >> you said, both president obama and governor romney share a sense of trepidation about going mano-a-mano on live television. how may it went up boxing them in? >> neither one of them has and enjoyment of debating. that is a weird word to use. i think the ones who are really good at it and the ones who
you get a sense of how relentlessly message to john mccain is. he used the term spread the wealth of around three times. another thing that strikes me is how obama is making eye contact with became the entire time he is talking. he looks right at them. there was a lot of discussion from the earlier debates in 2008 that mccain was having a hard time making like act -- making eye contact. it came off as rude. another thing that jumps out on me is the contrast of the youthful obama and a much more...
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that differentiated me from the senator john mccain. hi actively went out. john mccain focused on a small area of spending called earmarks that is not going to solve the deficit problems. i supported, but it will not solve budget problems. the budget problems are taking on entitlement programs, which many members of congress did not do, and i did. >> how are you. congratulations on your way and in iowa. >> thank you. >> this is my best wife, priscilla. >> your best wife? how are you? >> when you can make it, it would be nice. >> we are going to get around. thank you very much. [unintelligible] >> senators, thank you for coming. i saw you on television the other night. i did not know much about you, but i was very impressed. [unintelligible] >> thank you so much. you can come that in front of all of these cameras, right? you could give me a big boost in the campaign. >> senator, your position on the president of iran -- with president obama's position on iran, how did it differ? >> i put forth a plan on that. it is clear. i have a strong plan to make sure ira
that differentiated me from the senator john mccain. hi actively went out. john mccain focused on a small area of spending called earmarks that is not going to solve the deficit problems. i supported, but it will not solve budget problems. the budget problems are taking on entitlement programs, which many members of congress did not do, and i did. >> how are you. congratulations on your way and in iowa. >> thank you. >> this is my best wife, priscilla. >> your best wife?...
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senator john mccain, a veteran we all respect, saw that at that dr. carmona ran and said it was deplorable that -- to insinuate that i would deny care of veterans. it is deplorable. >> he can defend it, run from it, have excuses. the fact of the matter is, he voted against it. that is not by me. that is by the veterans' associations i quoted. >> let's move forward with a topic that is always front and center in arizona, and that is immigration. congressman, we had on the program talking about this. you have been criticized for changing your position. is that criticism valid? >> no. we have to have broadbased immigration reform. we have to do more than secure the border. but the reality is in washington for those of us who have worked on this issue across party lines, worked with senator kennedy on this issue. for 10 years i worked on this issue and hit my head against a brick wall like everyone else. myself, senator jon kyl, senator mccain realize that until we to have border security nobody will trust the of federal government to move ahead on other
senator john mccain, a veteran we all respect, saw that at that dr. carmona ran and said it was deplorable that -- to insinuate that i would deny care of veterans. it is deplorable. >> he can defend it, run from it, have excuses. the fact of the matter is, he voted against it. that is not by me. that is by the veterans' associations i quoted. >> let's move forward with a topic that is always front and center in arizona, and that is immigration. congressman, we had on the program...
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host: did you vote for president obama in 2008 or john mccain? caller: obama. not this time around, though. host: brian crowley, go ahead. guest: i have been to the villages many times. republican candidates love going to the villages. it is a very strong republican area, and the woman who just spoke would have been an unusual voter in 2008 to vote for president obama. it is an extremely republican area. the people who develop to the villages also are big contributors to the republican party. criticizing the president for taking many vacations and trips overseas -- we heard some of the same complaints about president bush during his term. i think that everybody is entitled to a vacation. certainly welcome to come to florida. host: she was calling from lady lake, florida could where are the villages located? guest: roughly northwest of orlando. host: jim in st. petersburg, democratic caller. caller: hello, brian. i just wanted to express my concern with the republicans. some say that barack is a muslim and all this negative stuff about our president. i think tha
host: did you vote for president obama in 2008 or john mccain? caller: obama. not this time around, though. host: brian crowley, go ahead. guest: i have been to the villages many times. republican candidates love going to the villages. it is a very strong republican area, and the woman who just spoke would have been an unusual voter in 2008 to vote for president obama. it is an extremely republican area. the people who develop to the villages also are big contributors to the republican party....
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and your critics here in the united states, including, most notably, john mccain, said you should start air strikes now. and on iran, mitt romney, on sunday, went so far as to say that if you are re-elected, iran will get a bomb and the world will change. how do you respond to those criticisms? >> all right, mike, you've asked a couple of questions there, so let me -- let's start with the iran situation since that's been the topic in the news for the last few days. when i came into office, iran was unified, on the move, had made substantial progress on its nuclear program, and the world was divided in terms of how to deal with it. what we've been able to do over the last three years is mobilize unprecedented, crippling sanctions on iran. iran is feeling the bite of these sanctions in a substantial way. the world is unified, iran is politically isolated. and what i have said is, is that we will not countenance iran getting a nuclear weapon. my policy is not containment, my policy is to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon -- because if they get a nuclear weapon that could trigger a
and your critics here in the united states, including, most notably, john mccain, said you should start air strikes now. and on iran, mitt romney, on sunday, went so far as to say that if you are re-elected, iran will get a bomb and the world will change. how do you respond to those criticisms? >> all right, mike, you've asked a couple of questions there, so let me -- let's start with the iran situation since that's been the topic in the news for the last few days. when i came into...
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you even saw john mccain in 2008 walk back his immigration position to fall more in line with republicans. what democrats have done is recruited and hispanic candidate to run for the senate. in the hopes that perhaps his candidacy boosts the president and his chances. host: what about the state of maine? here is the headline this morning. guest: maine is a work in progress. is going to be probably the most fascinating race -- it is going to be probably the most fascinating race in this cycle. olympia snowe has said she will not run for re-election. that allows only two weeks for individuals to collect signatures for the ballot. they are due tomorrow night. i do believe that you will have democrats file petitions. one person collecting petitions right now is the former governor. on the republican side, you have a number of people collecting petitions. here is the rub. you have a very powerful independent candidate there, a former two-term governor who was popular. i think he is positioning himself to be the most powerful man in washington, d.c., because he refuses to tell voters, and he wi
you even saw john mccain in 2008 walk back his immigration position to fall more in line with republicans. what democrats have done is recruited and hispanic candidate to run for the senate. in the hopes that perhaps his candidacy boosts the president and his chances. host: what about the state of maine? here is the headline this morning. guest: maine is a work in progress. is going to be probably the most fascinating race -- it is going to be probably the most fascinating race in this cycle....